Melanocortins in human melanocytes

Cellular and Molecular Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 75-78

  Wood, J M ^a   Gibbons, N C J ^a   Schallreuter, K U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ACTH; MC 1 R; Melanogenesis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA INTERMEDIN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA ENDORPHIN; BETA INTERMEDIN; CORTICOTROPIN; CYCLIC AMP; FURIN; MELANOCORTIN; MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE 2; RHODOPSIN;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL MEMBRANE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; KERATINOCYTE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW; THERMODYNAMICS;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; HUMANS; MELANOCYTE-STIMULATING HORMONES; MELANOCYTES; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE 1; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE 2; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 1; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 33745634408     PISSN: 01455680     EISSN: 1165158X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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